About

How about first I tell you a bit about myself.
I am a tooling specialist working in the offshore oil industry Worldwide. Our group provides the majority of the subsea tools required by Remotely Operated Vehicles or ROVs in the offshore oil support operations. I have been withing the offshore Subsea business for over 30 years all over the world spanning much of the early development of ROVs as well as manned submersibles 2 and 3 manned units Pisces Class, Aquarius, and Arms Bells as well as the single occupant Newt Suit.
I am electronic by schooling but over the years have gained and developed expertise in Mechanical Engineering, Hydraulics, Electrical wiring, Welding, Drafting, crew and equipment operational expertise at the supervisory level, as well as shore base project management.
These days I am often dispatched on short notice to various of our sites around the world to assist with operations, shop training and or technical support.

Now I am venturing for my own growth into the Blogging forum and perhaps cultivate some writing skills which may carry me past retirement (hopefully not for some time yet)
I have almost always enjoyed writing although in the early years (school years) I certainly did not excel at it. I also read more these days then when I went to school. Hopefully I have improved some on my writing, as I know I have changed my views in reading. Perhaps as we grow older we recognize that reading and writing ARE indeed means to an end; that of learning. Maybe now that I am MUCH older I would like to make those views and some of the information I have gathered known.

Maybe this blog will do this for me. Certainly as an update from when I started this blog at the start of 2012 it has brought me a fair amount of joy. I find that as add items, no matter whether it is an opinion or a how to article, I gain a sense of accomplishment.

I sincerely hope that you you will read some of the material and leave me a short note to let me know what “you” think of it. Good or bad makes no difference as the items available to you have already been written and therefore already published. I try and will continue to do so, not to directly offend anyone, but perhaps when it comes to opinion pieces some people could possibly take issue with some things. These days it does not take much to find someone who is out of sort when all you’ve tried to do is say hello.